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John W. Hamersley

Lawyer/Real Estate

Centurion, 1859–1889

Full Name John William Hamersley

Born 24 May 1808 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 7 June 1889 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York

Proposed by James W. Beekman

Elected 4 June 1859 at age fifty-one

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John W. Hamersley, who belonged to one of the best known families in the city, was a gentleman of scholarly and refined tastes, whose connection with the Club was a source of mutual pleasure to himself and a large circle of friends.

Henry E. Howland
1890 Century Association Yearbook